March 1915 – At a Crossroad in the Development of U.S. Navy Submarines
A little under fifteen years from the day the [...]
Women’s History Month: Honoring World War I Nurses and Norfolk’s Own Kate Talcott Cooke
World War I (1914-1918) played a critical role in [...]
Liberation: 29th Division Association leads efforts to construct Meuse-Argonne Offensive monument
The 29th Division Association is leading the efforts to [...]
“Willing to die with fatigue”: Rebecca N. Rhoads, canteen worker in WWI
Rebecca N. Rhoads, from her 1925 passport application. [...]
Why I Wrote the Book: The Robust Life & Music of Noble Sissle, Sr.
Biography of a Broadway Show Co-Producer, Lyricist, Tenor Soloist, [...]
WWI Trench Guns: Shotguns for Ferocious Fighting
The warfighters of World War 1 had one foot [...]
Bennie Owens, QMC
During World War I, African Americans volunteered and participated [...]
Meet ‘Sergeant Stubby’—A WWI Dog Who Wandered Onto A U.S. Army Training Ground In 1917
As history has shown, animals have never been spared [...]
The hidden stories of the First World War
A message, written on somebody’s skin: “lesion to upper [...]
Unearthed World War I discovery during school lesson tears two families’ lives apart
A history teacher accidentally uncovered a secret about two of [...]
